Improvement in reels for paper



- W. CONQUEST.I

REELS FOR PAPER. 110.179,161. Paten-ted June 27,1876.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D. Q

UNITED STATES Plmanv'r OFFICE.

WILLIAM CONQUEST, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

'IMPROVEMENT IN REELS FOR PAPER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 79,161, dated June 27, 1876; application led February 19, 1876.

-T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM UoNQUEs'r, of Tudor Street, Vhitefriars. in the city of London, England, have invented a certain` Improved Construction of Reel for Receiving Continuous Webs or Lengths of Paper, and devices for handling the same, of which the following is a specication:

The object of this invention is to facilitate the handling of the long rolls of paper which are used in continuous-web printing-machines, and to protect the ends thereof. The paper is wound on a hollow core or roller, the ends of which are adapted to receive circular heads, the peripheries of which extend beyond the outside of the roll of paper, so that the reel may bc rolled along the ground on the peripheries of the heads, for the convenience 0f transport without the risk ofsoiling the paper. The circular heads are held in place on the central core by means of an iron rod, which is passed through the core, and is provided at one end with a nut, vwhereby it is held in place, and at the other with a ring or eye, whereby the reel may be lifted when required.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis a longitudinal section of the improved reel, and Fig. 2 is an end view.

A is the continuous web of paper, which is wound on the hollow wooden core B, to each end of which is adapted a protecting-head, O. Theseheads are constructed of a double thickness of wooden battens, the grain of the two thicknesses being placed at right angles and screwed together. At the central part of each of -the heads (l is a metal socket, D, which is secured in place by screws, as shown in the drawing. One of these sockets is shown (drawn on an enlarged scale) in elevation at Fig. 3, and in section at Fig. 4. The two heads C C are held in place on the ends of the core B by means oi' the rod E, one end of' which screws into the square nut d, which lies snugly in a square recess made in one of the sockets l); or the socket may be tapped to receive the screwed end ofthe rod E, as shown in elevation and in section at Figs. 5 and 6;

or both moans of attaching the rod to the socket D may be employed. The other end 0f the rod E is provided with an eye or ring,

e, whereby it may be lifted, when it is secured, by being screwed into the nut d at the other end.

The advantages of this improved const-rnction of reel are, that the paper can he rolled on the ground without the risk of being damaged, and .that it can be lifted easily by the rod E. A number ot' reels can, moreover, be stacked one on the other to any height in the warehouse, as when they have been placed ou end the lifting-rod E may be unscrewed and removed. The socket D being sunk into the head G, to which it is attached, and the nut lying snugly in a recessiu the socket, the stacked pile of reels Will stand firm, and an economy of space in the Warehouse will be 0b tained.

When it is required to remove a reel of paper from the warehouse to the printing-machine, the lifting-rod E must be inserted in the core and screwed into the nut d inthe socket, or into the tapped end of the socket, so that the reel may be lifted and moved about with facility.

If found desirable, the lifting hook or eye e may be provided with a short screw-threaded stem adapted to screw into the socket.D, Fig. 6, in which case the rod E will be made short enough to accommodate it.

When placing the reel in the machine, the lifting-rod E is to be again removed, and the heads C C will then fall of, or may be easily detached from the core B. The reel may then be mounted on the square shaft provided in the printing-machine to receive it.

It may be here remarked that as the nut d lies in a square recess in the socket D, it is prevented from turning therein when the rod E is either screwed in or unscrewed. Moreover, the projecting parts f of the sockets D are made square, and tit into corresponding holes in the ends of the cores, so that the heads O C will not become displaced when the reels are stacked and the lifting-rods E have been removed.

Having now described my invention, and explained the manner of carrying it into effect, I wish it to be understood thatI claimil. The combination, with the hollow core B,'of the removable disks or nou-flanged heads G C, on the peripheries of which the reel may be rolled on the ground Without damaging the paper, as herein set forth.

l2. The combination, with the hollow core B and removable heads C C, of the central lifting-rod E, lifting hook or eye e, as and for the purposes herein set forth..

3. rIhe combination, with the removable heads G G, of the recessed sockets D D, provided With squared projecting pieces ff, which enter corresponding holes in the ends of the hollow core B, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

4. In combination with the screw-rod, the detachable head provided With a mortise adapted to receive a nut, d, and prevent the saine from turning in securing` the parts together, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the hollow core B,

WILLIAM GONQUEST.

Witnesses:

H. K. WHITE,

A Si B1 SH OP }66 Chancery Lane. 

